Letters of a Japanese schoolboy ("Hashimura Togo")

"Letters of a Japanese Schoolboy ('Hashimura Togo')" by Wallace Irwin is a humorous story about a 35-year-old Japanese immigrant, Hashimura Togo, trying to make his way in early 20th-century America. As a schoolboy in San Francisco writing letters to a newspaper editor, Togo shares his funny yet insightful views on American life, politics, and the problems faced by Asian immigrants like himself. Despite facing racism and struggles in finding work after being hurt by a brick, Togo admires the idea of friendship between Japan and the United States. His letters hilariously reveal efforts to fit into American society while pointing out absurdities he sees in the culture and the unfair stereotypes about Japanese people.